Author: robbidenman
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Fiesole Today!
Sunday, September o4, 2022 So, I hopped the #7 bus (knew to do this from my travel buddy, Rick Steves, of course!) at Piazza San Marco. There was an easy peasy ticket machine right there, too! The square was a bustle of traffic – pedestrian and motorized. I share this article from visitflorence.com, “Piazza San…
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Always Something More To See!
Saturday, September 3, 2022 My plan this Saturday: go back to some of the Hot Spots I have already visited and observe with a keener eye. Also being armed with more information after researching a bit more in the Rick Steves, “Florence and Tuscany” guidebook that I picked up off the bookshelf where I’m staying.…
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On A Clear Day, You Can See Forever!
Friday, September 2, 2022 And even on a cloudy day the vistas here in Florence are quite breathtaking if you’re okay with climbing some hills! Yet as noted by someone in a review on Trip Advisor, “Walking in Florence is walking in an open air museum. Behind every corner there is a nice view, another…
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It’s A New And Wonderful Day!
Thursday, September 1, 2022 I’m looking at the clock-it’s 7:00 pm right now… Do I go out? It’s only 10:0 0 am back home and I’m still adjusting…? I slept in today until 11 and felt pretty rested, but now I am tired. I made my way out to “wander“ after I unpacked and settled…
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Getting There
August 31, 2022 San Francisco airport to Copenhagen was the longest leg of my August 30/31 journey at 10.5 hours. I was very happy that there was room for my backpack in the bin above me by the time I boarded. I watched nine of ten episodes of Rizzoli and Isles because based on sage…
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Pilgrimage
August 30, 2021 I’m at it again! The Scandinavian Airlines waiting area seat at the San Francisco Airport hardly contains my equally pulsing anxiousness and excitement! I am bound for Copenhagen, then Amsterdam, on to Frankfurt and by 6:30 tomorrow night, Florence in Italy. The more than twenty-four hours between now and then is a…
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It’s a Wrap!
August 17, 18 and 19, 2021 Well, I guess I ended up leaving y’all hanging by not blogging, with my last entry being when I feasted around Santiago de Compostela upon completion of my most recent pilgrimage along the Camino Norte… I was spent in every way and it was all I could do to…
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Eating Away The Day (Again)
Monday, August 16, 2021 Another Rise and Shine at 7 am, and another persona dormida (sleeping) on the living room couch…. This time it was my roommate, our Energy Bunny who officially sprained her ankle the other day. She went to the hospital yesterday for x-rays and thankfully nothing was broken or torn. She had…
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Gastronomy in Santiago de Compostela
Sunday, August 15, 2021 Well, gastronomy from my perspective…! So many choices, so little time…. Last night it became apparent around 10:00 pm that “the group” was going to dine late (much later). I noshed on a delicious chunk of pan (bread) I had purchased earlier. It was spread with peanut butter from a packet…
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Into Santiago de Compostela
Saturday, August 14, 2021 Today we complete our pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela by walking a short day (under seven miles) into and through the small hamlets of San Marcos and Monte De Gozo, through the outskirts of our good sized culminating city and unto the Plaza del Obradoiro adjacent to La Catedral de Santiago…